1min 58 2-5sec For Mile
Cardigan Bay recorded the fastest mile ever at Alexandra Park Raceway when he went over the distance In Imin 58 2-5 sec on Tuesday morning. He was having a “warmup” for his time trial at Hutt Park Raceway on Tuesday night Cardigan Bay went away 60 yards behind Royal Token, but was with that runner at the end of five furlongs. Soon after he went to the front and finished under a hold. He took 29sec for his first quarter, 59 l-ssec for the half-mile, Imin 29 4-ssec for the six furlongs and 28 3-ssec for the final quarter.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30312, 12 December 1963, Page 4
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1041min 58 2-5sec For Mile Press, Volume CII, Issue 30312, 12 December 1963, Page 4
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